data_privacy

Halfpricesoft Updates ezAccounting to Counter Rising SaaS Costs

Redmond, Wash. – September 10, 2026 -- Halfpricesoft.com has updated its ezAccounting payroll and business software, offering small businesses a desktop-based alternative to cloud subscription platforms with a flat annual fee of $199.00 per installation.

Small businesses face rising costs from forced monthly cloud subscriptions

Accounting platforms have increasingly shifted toward mandatory monthly fees and remote server storage, squeezing small business owners, contractors, and bookkeepers with escalating overhead and data privacy concerns. Halfpricesoft.com positions ezAccounting as a response, storing financial data on local hard drives without mandatory cloud sync.

Hims & Hers Faces Securities Suit After FTC Data-Sharing Complaint

San Francisco – September 10, 2026 -- Hims & Hers Health, Inc. (NYSE: HIMS) and certain executives now face a securities class action after a July 29, 2026 federal complaint from the Federal Trade Commission wiped over $970 million from the company's market capitalization in a single trading session, sending shares down $4.32, or 14.7%.

FTC alleges Hims shared health data with Meta and Snap despite privacy pledges

The FTC complaint, filed alongside co-plaintiffs the State of Utah and Los Angeles County representing California, accuses Hims of surreptitiously sharing sensitive user medical conditions and personal health data with third-party advertising platforms including Meta Platforms and Snap. Regulators allege the company used embedded tracking pixels and customer list matching to transmit this data, contradicting public assurances that it maintained administrative, physical, and technical safeguards for health and personal information.

TrustKernel Ships PlugClaw, a Thumb-Sized Private AI Computer, Free Inference

London – September 09, 2026 -- TrustKernel has moved its PlugClaw device from pre-order to general availability worldwide, pricing the thumb-sized private AI computer at 128 EUR ($149) and adding free confidential model inference on newly deployed servers.

PlugClaw packs a full computer into a 50 x 19 x 8mm USB-C stick weighing 15 grams

The device runs a MediaTek Helio G80 processor with up to 6GB of RAM and 128GB of encrypted storage. It ships with PlugOS, a privacy-hardened Android build, alongside Ubuntu as an agent runtime environment, turning any connected smartphone, tablet or computer into an AI workstation.